100+ Legal & Compliance Jobs in Raleigh, NC

Observed local posting pay centers on about $90k to $130k, with a broader 25th-to-75th band of about $66k to $200k. For a more grounded local floor, the 25th percentile annual wage for paralegals and legal support roles in Raleigh-Cary was $61,880/year, while City of Raleigh pay bands run from a $66,400 hiring minimum for Lead Code Compliance Officer to a $126,300 midpoint for Manager-Risk and Insurance. As a statewide proxy, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows mean offered salary on new openings for legal, compliance & risk in North Carolina at about $110,287 in July 2026, based on n=203 postings.

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Advertised pay

Across the 56 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $83,792 at the 25th percentile, $120,000 at the median and $214,750 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Raleigh-Cary is still a viable market for Legal, Compliance & Risk job seekers, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.1% in June 2026, and the local market still showed more than 250 postings across more than 125 companies over the last 90 days, so demand has not disappeared. The harder part is selectivity: North Carolina employment in legal, compliance & risk was up 3.4% year over year in July 2026, while active postings were down 17.7%, which usually means fewer open seats per qualified applicant.

Best positioned: Candidates with several years of experience in regulated, in-house environments have the best odds right now, because about 60% of local postings are mid-level and the local mix leans toward healthcare, legal services, education, and insurance.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating this as a broad generic legal market when employers are really screening for specific combinations of regulatory compliance, legal research, contract work, and data analysis.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 109 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. First Citizens: 6 open roles
2. Lenovo Inc.: 6 open roles
3. Axiom: 5 open roles
4. NC: 4 open roles
5. Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP: 4 open roles
6. Captrust: 3 open roles
7. Cisco Systems, Inc: 3 open roles
8. Lenovo Campus: 3 open roles
9. Morgan & Morgan, PA: 3 open roles
10. ncsecu.org: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Raleigh: 61
• Durham: 14
• Morrisville: 7
• Cary: 6
• Wake County: 5
• Greensboro: 1
• Apex: 1
• Charlotte: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 60 (57%), remote 25 (24%), hybrid 20 (19%)

Where the demand is

Opportunities are spread across many employers rather than dominated by one brand. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 250 postings across more than 125 companies, and hiring in that sample was fragmented rather than concentrated. The most consistently active names were Duke PA, Iecaonline, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Arch Insurance Group Inc., and Duke Health. The strongest concentration is by industry, not by employer. Healthcare accounts for about 30% of local postings, followed by legal services at about 20%, legal at about 15%, education at about 10%, and insurance at about 5%. That helps explain why the local skill mix includes not just legal research and regulatory compliance, but also patient registration, financial counseling, revenue cycle management, contract negotiation, and data analysis. There is also a smaller in-house niche in tech-adjacent regulatory work. Cary showed a Senior Counsel – Regulatory Compliance opening at Epic Games, which suggests selective demand for candidates who can blend legal judgment with governance and emerging-tech issues.

• Healthcare compliance and legal support (high): This is the clearest local concentration, with healthcare making up about 30% of postings and the skill mix pulling in patient registration, financial counseling, and revenue cycle management alongside compliance work.
• Law firms and counsel-support work (moderate): Legal services and legal employers together account for roughly 35% of local demand, and active hirers include Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.
• Insurance and enterprise risk (moderate): Insurance is a smaller share of the local mix, but Arch Insurance Group appears among active employers and local public pay bands show real value in risk-management tracks.
• Tech-adjacent governance and regulatory compliance (limited): The opening count is narrower here, but the Epic Games signal matters because it points to specialized in-house demand where AI and regulatory fluency may carry extra weight.

Where to focus: If you need traction in the next 90 days, focus first on mid-level healthcare and in-house compliance roles where local industry demand and skill requirements overlap most clearly.

Roles worth searching next

• Cybersecurity GRC analyst: Local demand names CISSP as the most common certification, and Raleigh-linked GRC roles include remote-eligible options, which makes this a credible bridge for security-fluent candidates.
• Revenue cycle or patient-access supervisor: Healthcare is the largest local demand pocket, and the category's skill mix repeatedly mentions patient registration, financial counseling, and revenue cycle management.
• Insurance risk operations manager: Arch Insurance Group appears among active local hirers, and local public-sector risk pay bands show that controls and incident-management skills can transfer well.
• AI governance program manager: AI requirements are spreading into nontechnical professional roles, and Cary showed a Senior Counsel – Regulatory Compliance opening tied to that broader governance trend.

What postings ask for

• Regulatory compliance (premium | immediate): It is one of the most-requested local skills, and compensation guidance says regulatory requirements are raising the value of compliance administration work. Who: Mid-career legal, contracts, operations, and policy candidates.
• Legal research (table_stakes | immediate): It is tied for the most common hard-skill signal in local postings, so it still functions as a baseline screen for many support and analyst roles. Who: Entry-level candidates, paralegals, and career switchers trying to prove job readiness.
• Contract negotiation and contract management (differentiator | near-term): Contract negotiation appears in local skill demand, and contract-management roles are projected to rise by an average 2.7% in compensation guidance for legal teams. Who: Mid-career candidates aiming for in-house legal ops, procurement-adjacent, or compliance roles.
• Data analysis (differentiator | near-term): Local employers are not only asking for legal language; data analysis also shows up in the core skill mix, which helps in risk, compliance, and controls-heavy roles. Who: Compliance analysts, risk candidates, and switchers from operations or finance.
• Healthcare revenue cycle and patient-registration workflow (differentiator | immediate): This is a Raleigh-specific edge because healthcare is the biggest local demand cluster and those healthcare workflow skills appear repeatedly in postings inside this category. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers who need a practical bridge into regulated work.
• CISSP (differentiator | near-term): It is the most commonly named certification in local postings, which points to a real crossover between compliance, governance, and security work. Who: Security-adjacent GRC candidates and switchers coming from cybersecurity or IT controls.

Questions about this market

What do Legal, Compliance & Risk roles pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Observed local posting pay centers on about $90k to $130k, with a broader 25th-to-75th band of about $66k to $200k. For a more grounded local floor, the 25th percentile annual wage for paralegals and legal support roles in Raleigh-Cary was $61,880/year, while City of Raleigh pay bands run from a $66,400 hiring minimum for Lead Code Compliance Officer to a $126,300 midpoint for Manager-Risk and Insurance. As a statewide proxy, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows mean offered salary on new openings for legal, compliance & risk in North Carolina at about $110,287 in July 2026, based on n=203 postings. This is a market where experienced compliance, counsel, contracts, and risk candidates can still reach strong pay relative to North Carolina's 96.6 cost-of-living index. Junior legal-support candidates should not expect the six-figure center of the range to apply automatically to them.

Where is demand for Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC concentrated?

Opportunities are spread across many employers rather than dominated by one brand. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 250 postings across more than 125 companies, and hiring in that sample was fragmented rather than concentrated. The most consistently active names were Duke PA, Iecaonline, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Arch Insurance Group Inc., and Duke Health. The strongest concentration is by industry, not by employer. Healthcare accounts for about 30% of local postings, followed by legal services at about 20%, legal at about 15%, education at about 10%, and insurance at about 5%. That helps explain why the local skill mix includes not just legal research and regulatory compliance, but also patient registration, financial counseling, revenue cycle management, contract negotiation, and data analysis. There is also a smaller in-house niche in tech-adjacent regulatory work. Cary showed a Senior Counsel – Regulatory Compliance opening at Epic Games, which suggests selective demand for candidates who can blend legal judgment with governance and emerging-tech issues.

Which employers are hiring the most Legal, Compliance & Risk talent in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Recent postings show the most activity from Duke PA (20 postings), Iecaonline (15 postings), Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (10 postings), Arch Insurance Group Inc. (10 postings), Duke Health (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Legal, Compliance & Risk roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 15% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 55% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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